| The first Curtiss fighter built under the US Navy designating
system combining type, sequence of design
and manufacturer, the F4C-1 (F2C and F3C being
"paper" designations assigned to the R2C and R3C racing aircraft respectively) was designed by Charles
W Hall. It was essentially an all-metal version of the
wooden Naval Aircraft Factory TS-1, which had been
designed by the US Navy Bureau of Aeronautics and
production of which had been assigned to Curtiss. The
F4C-1, two examples of which were built in 1924 and
the first flown on 4 September, embodied some aerodynamic
redesign. Its wings featured tubular spars and
stamped dural ribs, and the fuselage was built up of
dural tubing in a Warren truss form, the whole being
fabric covered. By comparison with the TS-1, the lower
wing was raised to the base of the fuselage. Armament
comprised two 7.62mm machine guns and power was provided by a nine-cylinder Wright J-3
radial rated at 200hp.
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WEIGHTS |
Take-off weight | 774 kg | 1706 lb |
Empty weight | 466 kg | 1027 lb |
DIMENSIONS |
Wingspan | 7.62 m | 25 ft 0 in |
Length | 5.59 m | 18 ft 4 in |
Height | 2.67 m | 9 ft 9 in |
Wing area | 17.19 m2 | 185.03 sq ft |
PERFORMANCE |
Max. speed | 203 km/h | 126 mph |
Range | 845 km | 525 miles |
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